Protestors Greet Global Warming Author in Minneapolis

By Cory Kampschroer, KSTP
A small group of demonstrators was on hand in Minneapolis today for the arrival of a global warming author and speaker. Dr. Michael Mann spoke Wednesday at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Mann is a physicist and climatologist and is best known as one of the originators of a graph of temperature trends in the past one-thousand years, known as the ‘hockey stick graph.”
Members of the organization, Minnesota Majority, protested Mann’s Minneapolis speech calling it “fraudulent.” Dan McGrath was among the roughly 10 people protesting, calling Mann “among the most guilty parties in what we call the global warming scam.”
When asked about the protest Mann said “I talk about these ongoing attacks against me and all of climate science in my upcoming book ‘The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars’.”
Mann is the director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University.
NOTE***In an earlier story we reported Michael Mann told KSTP.COM that he did not want to comment on the protestors. Actually, a spokesperson for the Geological Society of America told us we should e-mail Dr. Mann about his availability in the future. As you read, Mann provided comment for this story.